local options = {
    -- basic ===========
    autoread = true,
    backup = false,                          -- creates a backup file
    timeoutlen = 300,                        -- time to wait for a mapped sequence to complete (in milliseconds)

    -- encoding ===========
    encoding = "utf-8",
    fileencodings = "ucs-bom,utf-8,cp936,gb18030,big5,euc-jp,euc-kr,latin1",                  -- the encoding written to a file
    fileformats = "unix,dos,mac",

    -- display ===========
    ruler = true,
    number = true,                           -- set numbered lines
    relativenumber = true,                   -- set relative numbered lines
    showmode = false,                        -- we don't need to see things like -- INSERT -- anymore
    showmatch = true,
    matchtime = 2,

    -- search ===========
    hlsearch = true,                         -- highlight all matches on previous search pattern
    incsearch = true,                        -- do incremental searching, search as yor tyle
    ignorecase = true,                       -- ignore case in search patterns
    smartcase = true,                        -- smart case

    -- tab ===========
    expandtab = true,                        -- convert tabs to spaces
    smarttab = true,
    shiftround = true,

    -- indent ===========
    autoindent = true,
    smartindent = true,                      -- make indenting smarter again
    cindent = true,                          -- make indenting smarter again
    shiftwidth = 4,                          -- the number of spaces inserted for each indentation
    tabstop = 4,                             -- insert 2 spaces for a tab
    softtabstop = 4,                         -- insert 2 spaces for a tab

    -- cursor ===========
    cursorline = true,                       -- highlight the current line
    cursorcolumn = true,                     -- highlight the current line

    clipboard = "unnamedplus",               -- allows neovim to access the system clipboard
    cmdheight = 2,                           -- more space in the neovim command line for displaying messages
    completeopt = { "menuone", "noselect" }, -- mostly just for cmp
    conceallevel = 0,                        -- so that `` is visible in markdown files
    mouse = "a",                             -- allow the mouse to be used in neovim
    pumheight = 10,                          -- pop up menu height
    showtabline = 4,                         -- always show tabs
    splitbelow = true,                       -- force all horizontal splits to go below current window
    splitright = true,                       -- force all vertical splits to go to the right of current window
    swapfile = false,                        -- creates a swapfile
    -- termguicolors = true,                    -- set term gui colors (most terminals support this)
    undofile = true,                         -- enable persistent undo
    updatetime = 300,                        -- faster completion (4000ms default)
    writebackup = false,                     -- if a file is being edited by another program (or was written to file while editing with another program), it is not allowed to be edited
    numberwidth = 4,                         -- set number column width to 2 {default 4}
    signcolumn = "yes",                      -- always show the sign column, otherwise it would shift the text each time
    wrap = false,                            -- display lines as one long line
    scrolloff = 8,                           -- is one of my fav
    sidescrolloff = 8,
    guifont = "monospace:h17",               -- the font used in graphical neovim applications
}

vim.opt.shortmess:append "c"

for k, v in pairs(options) do
  vim.opt[k] = v
end

vim.cmd "set whichwrap+=<,>,[,],h,l"
vim.cmd [[set iskeyword+=-]]
vim.cmd [[set formatoptions+=m]]
vim.cmd [[set formatoptions+=B]]
vim.cmd [[set formatoptions-=cro]] -- TODO: this doesn't seem to work

